Articles from the March 25, 2022 edition
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New financial services office opens on Main Street in Ekalaka
Krista Huntley only recently opened her Thrivent office in Ekalaka, but she has been working with High Country Associates, a group of advisors based out of Cody, Wyoming, since 2015. Opening an...
MT Highway 7 crash claims life of local
One teenager died and another was injured in a crash on Highway 7 early Saturday morning, March 19. The Montana Highway Patrol said the two people were headed south near mile marker 9 at about 2:30 a.m. when the car went off the road and rolled...
Petition numbers released
submitted by Carter County Commissioners The petition to the Montana Department of Transportation, Governor Greg Gianforte, and the Montana Legislature Regarding Immediate Necessary Repair of Highway 7 in Carter County, Montana garnered 564...
Department of livestock asks Montanans to be aware of avian influenza
The Department of Livestock (DOL) is asking Montanans to be aware that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been diagnosed in domestic poultry and wild birds in 18 states to date in 2022. HPAI spreads rapidly and is associated with severe...
A family affair
Powder River/Carter County Farm Bureau recently held an online photo contest using the hashtag #prccowselfie encouraging producers to share pictures of their favorite bovine. In honor of National...
Kaden Montgomery
A celebration of life for Kaden Montgomery, 19, of Ekalaka, will be 1 p.m., Friday, March 25 at the Carter County High School Gymnasium in Ekalaka. Burial will follow at Beaverlodge Cemetery....
James Tatge
James Richard "Jim" Tatge of Nemo, SD, passed away unexpectedly on March 2, 2022. Jim was born on June 27, 1953 to Alvin and Mavis (McAmis) Tatge of Alzada, Montana. He came home from the hospital in...
Governor, DNRC announce record-setting $1.2 million oil and gas lease sale
Along with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), Governor Greg Gianforte recently announced a record-setting oil and gas lease sale on state trust lands, netting $1,187,194 from the first quarter of 2022. “Ramping up Am...
By Cooking in the West
There is a health care crisis in America that has nothing to do with Covid. My personal health care crisis involves trying not to put myself in the position of requiring health care despite my husband's ideas. I have health insurance, but I hate to u...
Conversations with God
Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know Lord, some days one awakens with a song in their heart, a smile on their lips and feel “in love” and it doesn’t even have to be Valentine’s Day or JUNE! We might just have our heart in tune. Some favorite things mi...
Carter County Public Health Corner
submitted by Carter County Public Health Did you know in Montana drowning is the second leading cause of death in children through 17 years of age. Here are just a few Montana stats: 29 children drowned in Montana ranging from infants up through 17...
CARTER COUNTY COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS
2-24-2022 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Thursday, February 24, 2022, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Steve Rosencranz,...
2021-22 District 4C Boys All-Conference Basketball
FIRST TEAM 1. Bryce Grebe; Melstone, Jr; All-State 2. Dillon Gee; Broadus, Jr; All-State 3. Marcus Mader; Broadus, Jr; All-State 4. Jayson Roth; Melstone, Jr; All-State 5. Rodrigo Takano; Terry, Sr;...
2021-22 District 4C Girls All-Conference Basketball
FIRST TEAM 1. Draya Wacker; Melstone, Sr; All-State 2. Heidi LaBree; Ekalaka, Jr; All-State 3. Kayla Kombol; Melstone, Sr; All-State 4. Lindsay Lawrence; Jordan, Jr; All-State 5. Abi Krantz; Broadus,...
She was the first
Captain Janet Nies Baker, a 1972 graduate of Carter County High School and Ekalaka native, was the first female to be sworn into uniform for the Montana Highway Patrol on April 9, 1979. She was also...
